Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-21
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


wages during the past year.
The Port Townsend saw mill has
been leased for five years to the superin-
tendent of the Port Discovery mill.
The Yakima Republican has dropped
the final syllable of its name, and will
hereafter wear the title OF the Repub-
kc."
The Tacoma mill company at Ia
coma, is getting out the timber for
three ships, to be built at San Fran
cisco.
The Tacoma mill, during the year
1886, cut 100000 feet of lumber,
which was shipped to all points of the
globe.
Collector of Customs Brooks has ap-
pointed VIM. H. Watkinds, of Portland,
Deputy Collector with headquarters at
Colvilie.
Walla Walla Statesman: With on
ions 2 cents and potatoes u cents per
pound, what is the matter with raising
this year for export
Odd Fellowship on the Pacific Coast
and Puget Sound has made wonderful
progress the last six months, and is at
tracing widespread attention.
The Pendleton Tribune is RESPONSE
BILE for the following: The wife of
Wm. Lee, in Walla Walla, had twins
on the 10th of December, making the
sixth pair.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
charges but II cents per pound for
transporting hops from Yakima to
Milwaukee. The Union Pacific
charges 5 cents per pound.
Osceola, a town on the west side of
the Cascades, boasts of school mis-
tress of Is summers and a weight of
325 pounds. She is the one attraction
OF town and big one, too.
The failures in Washington Territory
in 1885, numbered 63; liabilities,
$4lO,695; assets, $21s,39O. In 1885
there were 113 failures, with liabilities
of ss,274, and assets of $375,7O5.
Ezra Meeker states that he did not
believe there were more than 225 bales
Of hops in the Puyallup valley, and
further that he thought there were
not 500 bales in the whole Territory.
The experiment of sending Walla
Walla flour to China has proved
success, as Mr.. H. P. Isaacs has lust
received an order for 200 tons more.
China may yet be our wheat consum-
er.
The Aberdeen Packing company
propose to build another cannery on
Shoalwater bay during the next season.
The new cannery will be located at the
mouth of North river, the site for
which has already been secured.
1t is estimated that there are $50 saw
mills, steam and water-power, in Or
egon, Washington and Idaho. These
have been run the greater portion of
last year and have made large cuts.
This year the output will be largely
increased with the improved demand.
A law was recently passed by Con-
gress providing that the free delivery
system should be extended to all cities
and towns in the United States which
have a population of over 10000, or
where the gross receipts of the post
Office exceed $4,000. This let's in Sc
attic.
Sol. G. Simpson is the name of the
contractor who has taken the contract
to grade twelve miles of road for the
Gray's Harbor extension of the rail-
road being built by the Port Blakely
Mill company, (Satsop railroa6 and
will begin active work about Feb. LIST.
Says the Seattle Press.
The Salmon river mines of Eastern
Washington are attracting q large
crowd OF wealth seekers to that region.
A great majority of the assays made
OF the mines there are truly wonder
full; and they all say they have struck
it at last. 1t bids fair to be one of the
liveliest camps next season in the
northwest.
Walla Walla Statesman: The month
ly meeting of the Penitentiary Com
missioners took place Monday, and in
company with the contractors, archi-
tects and other citizens, they visited
the building and made thorough ex-
animation, which was satisfactory in
every way. The building is a credit
to all who in any way worked
upon it, for the whole Pacific Coast
can be searched before another build
ing Of its solidity and good work could
be found.
On Tuesday of last week, saws the
Seattle Times, Geo. Janicke, the 49,
year-old son of ]. G. Janicke of Falls
City, came to his death from singular
cause. A few days previous he had
slightly cut his upper lip with brier
from what is known as the devils
thorn, or walking stick, a shrub very
common in the woods. The lin
swelled rapidly, and soon the symp-
toms became alarming. A doctor was
sent for on Monday, but Janicke died
before his arrival.